Acer pictum
| Acer pictum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Acer |
| Species: | A. pictum |
| Binomial name | |
| Acer pictum Thunb. 1784 | |
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Acer pictum, commonly known as yellow-paint maple,[3] is an Asian species of maple. It widespread across much of China as well as Korea, Japan, Mongolia, and eastern Russia.[4] Its natural habitat is in temperate forests.
Acer pictum is a deciduous tree up to 20 meters tall, with gray bark. Leaves are non-compound, thin, up to 12 cm wide and 12 cm across, toothless, with 3, 5, 7, or 9 lobes.[4]
Taxonomy
Acer pictum is taxonomically complex species, showing morphological variation that corresponds to different geographic regions. Treatments of this variation have ranged from recognizing entities at the species level, to uniting them all under an undivided A. pictum. Further taxonomic study of this group is needed.[4][5] Five subspecies are provisionally recognized in the Flora of China.[4] These are:
- Acer pictum ssp. macropterum - China
- Acer pictum ssp. mono - China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and east Russia
- Acer pictum ssp. pictum - Japan and Korea
- Acer pictum ssp. pubigerum - China
- Acer pictum ssp. tricuspis - China
A sapling of Acer pictum in the wild
References
- ↑ The Plant List, Acer pictum Thunb.
- ↑ Tropicos, Acer ambiguum Dippel
- ↑ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 334. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
- 1 2 3 4 Flora of China, Acer pictum Thunb. 1784. 色木枫 se mu feng
- ↑ Acer pictum ssp. mono Missouri Botanical Garden
External links
- line drawing for Flora of China drawing 1 at top